Sincere question: why in NYC is only the primary ranked-choice voting? Was this intentional by the Dems, for the reasons we are seeing right now? First-past-the-post increases chances opponents to the one consensus (thanks to RCV) Dem nominee split the opposition vote?
To clarify: I mean by city Dems, who set our city election policies, and I mean when they designed this system back in 2021, not the current … excitement.
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It’s primaries and special elections, and I believe the answer has something to do with fusion voting, which is not a factor in primaries or specials (which are nonpartisan for NYC offices)
Do you mean in New York? Cambridge MA city council (all seats at large) does (election is nonpartisan but obviously all of the candidates are dems). I find it the worst possible office to do it for because it’s rank 8 of 20 which requires an insane amount of research.
I just mean for NYC. We chose to RCV our primaries but not our generals, and it actually may matter this election, and I’m curious why we chose to do that here. For once, I’m not doing that annoying NYer things of nationalizing a local thing. Just … being local.